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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1030 PM MST THU JUL 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...
MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 1245 AM MST.
* AT 1030 PM MST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP
TO 0.75 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROOSEVELT, APACHE LAKE, FOUR PEAKS, ROOSEVELT DAM AND TORTILLA
FLAT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SALT RIVER, COTTONWOOD CREEK, TONTO CREEK, BRONCO CREEK, BARGE
CREEK, LA, TORTILLA CREEK, ALDER CREEK, BUCKHORN CREEK, BURNT
CORRAL CREEK, LEWIS AND PRANTY CREEK, BOULDER CREEK, BARRANCA
CREEK, ASH CREEK AND PINE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3365 11114 3361 11115 3352 11123 3350 11132
3348 11140 3352 11143 3357 11135 3360 11136
3367 11141 3371 11129 3370 11116 3367 11113
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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